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What
Has Larry Been Up To in 2002
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Another Busy Year for the Guy in the Basement Corner |
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The Canadian
Intermountain Joint Venture CIJV |
The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) is a Canadian
US - Mexican agreement to secure, maintain and enhance significant
waterfowl habitat. Joint ventures involving government and non- government
agencies are a means to achieve this goal. There are currently 3 habitat
joint ventures in Canada: Eastern, Prairie & Pacific Coast and
now in the making the Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture (CIJV). It has
been one of my most exciting projects, sitting on both the Board
of Directors and the Technical
Committee. What is different about the CIJV is that it includes all
birds and all bird habitats.
The region covers 473,000 sq. km and includes all the mountain national
parks. It is delineated by the crest of the Coast Mountains on the west,
the eastern crest of the Rocky Mountains, the southern extent of the
boreal forest to the north, and the boundary with the United States on the
south. CIJV Map
Vision...
The Intermountain is a landscape that supports healthy populations of
birds, maintains biodiversity and fosters sustainable resource use.
Mission
Working together to maintain, enhance, restore and manage habitat for
the benefit of wildlife and people in the Intermountain
The prospectus will be finished and ready to submit at the next North
American Bird Conservation Initiative meeting in February, 2003. Once
approved it will allow the CIJV to apply for and access North American
Wetland Conservation Act (NAWCA) core funds - $18.5 million. http://wetlandscanada.org/nawca.html
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Support the Parks Canada Species At Risk
Education Program & Participate in Multi Agency Efforts in SAR
Research, Monitoring and Develop & Implement recovery Plans
Participation
in species at risk institutions, assessments and inventories of species, development
of recovery strategies, participation in the development of recovery
strategies by other partners, implementation of recovery strategies, &
multispecies recovery plans. Parks Canada's Species at Risk
Program Priorities
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Member of the National Communication Team-developing strategy and tools
to enable Parks Canada's public education programs to bring the
stories of species at risk in our national parks
Adjudicated national SAR communication projects
Invited to evaluate PC Species at Risk
Recovery Fund 2003-04 proposals
Participated in discussion on the promotion and use of "The Columbia
Basin Species-Habitat Relationship" database
Member of the Southern Maidenhair Fern Recovery
Team
Recovery team prepares the recovery strategy and ensures that all
activities to recover a species are coordinated. The team also
completes or directs the completion and implementation of action
plans.
Species
description
Assisted with submissions for the preparation and delivery
of stewardship accounts for the protection of endangered hot
spring plants - Habitat Stewardship Program
for Species at
Risk
Liaised BC Conservation Data Centres
 As
a Director for the Canadian Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
Network (CARCNET) continue working with the CARCNET board in
providing the World Wildlife Fund and the Environmental Monitoring
and Assessment Network with a list of the status and specific
conservation actions for amphibian and reptiles in Canada. And
support the United Nations International Declining Amphibian
Population Task Force. And with Environment Canada, in developing
a National Ranking of At Risk Amphibians & Reptiles and a
system to designate Important Reptile Areas and Important
Amphibian Areas  CD- ROM Available
Reviewed management plans for Land Birds in BC
Canadian
Information System for the Environment (CISE)
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Participate
in National & International Monitoring Activities |
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of park resources is crucial to getting a better understanding of the
state of ecological integrity of our individual parks. Monitoring is
therefore the priority area for improvement and immediate attention".
Advancing our Ecological Integrity Agenda,
Nik Lopoukhine 2002
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- Participated & help train co-op student in Wetland monitoring,
partnership with CWS
- Conducted KNP breeding bird
survey, international
program
- Co-ordinate Christmas Bird Count 25th year (article)
reports
available
 Trapped and
banded humming birds - Regional contact for Frog Watch BC
- Reviewed & wrote species accounts for
Parks
Canada's Herp Watch
- Regional contact for Wild Bird Trust BC
- Participate in Odonta surveys
- Contributed to BC Nest Record Scheme
- Osprey Watch - survey & document nesting
sites, Columbia Valley
- Conducted Owl Survey in KNP
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- Bighorn In Our Backyard
sheep monitoring EMAN
abstract
- Work with BC Conservation Data Centre - Rare plant
inventory report
- East Kootenay Coordinator-West Nile
Virus Surveillance
- Assisted - Breeding Inventory & Habitat
Assessment of Great Blue Herons in the
Columbia River Basin
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 West
Nile Virus
Bird
Surveillance Coordinator for the East Kootenays |
The
goal of surveillance is to find out as early as possible when the virus
moves into the province.
Wildlife personnel in four areas of B.C. monitored bird deaths up to
Sept. 30, 2002. Birds in the crow family, which
includes crows, ravens, jays and magpies were targeted. A number of dead birds were
tested for the virus. All results were negative in BC.
West
Nile Virus ruled out in deaths of valley birds
... As of today there are no records of the West Nile
Virus (WNV) in British Columbia," said Larry
Halverson, a Parks Canada Agency naturalist. ...
www.bowesnet.com/valleyecho/Z04_story4.html - 5k -
For more information: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/wnv-vwn/index.html
Please continue
to report dead birds as the surveillance continues
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Engaging
Canadians Education Communications Framework |
"The interpretation, education and outreach initiatives of Parks
Canada constitutes one of the most highly valued programs offered by the
Agency" Parks Canada First Priority 2001
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- Wild Voices for Kids presenter report
available soon
- Scientist in the Schools presenter
- Wetlands Institute 2002
- Steering committee & Resource person
- Participated in Columbia Basin Environmental Education
Capacity Building Initiative
- Wings Over the Rockies presenter, trip leader, marketing and
webmaster www.adventurevalley.com/wings
- Discover a Watershed the Columbia, education guide (includes KNP)
content & review
- Bighorn in Our Backyard Communities working for wildlife
- Media writing articles
- Wings Over the Rockies AGM - Key presenter
- Community group presentations i.e. Columbia Valley Chamber
- Federation of BC Naturalist - Key Note speaker
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Elder Hostel - presenter
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Dr David
Schindler, one of the world's leading
environmental scientists working with students on wetland monitoring techniques |
Steering Committee member
& Resource Person
2002 WETLANDS INSTITUTE:
Glaciers to Goose nests
A week-long event examining the interplay between wilderness,
rural and urban land-use issues. the mission was to deliver quality
wetland education, develop the capacity of individual communities to
assess their wetlands, and to encourage these individuals to use their
new-found skills and knowledge to conserve or restore wetland ecosystems.
18 participants, 4 instructors,1 facilitator &
33 guest speakers/resource
people
July 7 -13 Radium Hot Springs, BC
Report
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Building
Capacity for Environ Education in
the Canadian Columbia Basin
Project Goal: To coordinate
Basin EE activities through improved communication and cooperative
planning in order to provide continuous programming and reduce duplication
of efforts.
Project Objectives:
1. Build
a cooperative of agencies and groups who now conduct EE activities.
2. Plan
and initiate the development of an Environmental Education
"Institute"
3. Plan
and initiate the development of an Environmental Education Resource Binder
4. Gather
information on potential strategy for the development of a Basin wide
school-based environmental education package.
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Support Provincial Land Use Planning
Initiatives
"Ecological, social
and economic systems in the park and greater ecosystems benefit from integrated
management. Participate in provincial land use planning initiatives
(priorities over the next two years)"
Kootenay National Park, Management Plan, Implementation Report,
November 2002
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- Expert reviewer - NCC Ecoregional Strategic Plan
- Member East Kootenay Conservation Program a coordinated approach
to sustainable land use. Also serve on the habitat subcommittee
- Participated in Columbia Lake East Integrated Planning and
Implementation
- Member BC Hydro, Spillimacheen Water Use
Plan Consultative Committee - advising on wildlife and operational
issues. Reviewed wildlife reports and investigated fish habitat. Reports
available
News Clipping
- Director - the Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture
(CIJV)
- Technical Committee - habitat subgroup CIJV
- Consulted jurisdictional changes to Columbia Valley Wildlife
Management Area + created a resource binder
- Wetland Interpretive Centre & Programs in the Upper Columbia -
workshop accessing needs and determining delivery model minutes
available
- Assessed fish habitats with DFO & BC Fishery
Renewal
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Spillimacheen Water Use Plan
Consultative Committee
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Improve
internal communications with staff
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- Created 145 Faces & Places sample
- Regular contributor to "HP Updates"
- Formal Presentations to PC staff in Ottawa and
Communication Staff at the Mountain HP Workshop
- Orientation Field Trips for PC
staff
- Attended Coffee Breaks
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External
Communications |
"Parks
Canada is aware that reaching new audiences will require new approaches to
connect with Canadians in their communities" Parks Canada Agency Accountability, Consultation
& Celebration 2001
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Assisted with a communication strategy for proposed
Flathead National Park
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Consultation & review - exhibit media for the
Radium Hot Springs VRC & the stewardship display for the Hamilton
Marine Discovery Centre
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Consulting on content and funding sources for "Fire Maintained Ecosystems"
film production. Proposal
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Resource person and
"actor" for the Great Canadian River TV production news
clipping
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Reviewed wildlife viewing guide of the Kootenays
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Wrote articles, interviewed by and/or contributed
photographs for:
BC Birding
BC Rockies Magazine
Boreal Dip Net
Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture Prospectus
Catt Tracks, Journey for Sustainability
CBC Radio
Country Life
Flying Max
Gary Oak Ecosystem Recovery Pamphlet
HP Updates
Kootenay Advertizer
Our Wetland Heritage - Ramsar Publication
Saving Canada's Natural Masterpieces
Shore Line Talk
The Columbia
Wetlands
The Nature Conservancy Montana
The Georgia Straight
The Valley Echo
Western
Canada Service Centre - Species@Risk
Wetland Institute 2002 report
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Establishing
& maintaining linkages with important communications partners & community groups. Participate in government & nongovernmental committees
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"Parks are not islands -- the ecosystem dose not stop at the park boundary. There must be systematic co-operation with park neigbours to
manage areas that are ecologically healthy and sustainability"
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- Director - Science & Tech Assoc of
the Rockies
- Director - Canadian Amphibian & Reptile
Conservation Network
- Member - Wings Over the Rockies Bird Festival
- Member - Watershed Council
- Member - Columbia Mountain Institute of Applied
Ecology
- Member - Native Plant Society of BC
- Member - Friends of the Columbia Wetlands
- Member & Regional contact - Wild Bird Trust of
British
Columbia
- Member - Calgary Field Naturalist
- Regional contact Frog Watch BC
- Ambassador - NatureScape BC
- Board Member & Technical Committee - Canadian
Intermountain Joint Venture
- Member of the Board of Governors - College of the Rockies
- Member & Past Chair - Finance & Audit
Committee- College of the Rockies
- Member - Grasslands
Conservation Council
- Member- Jumbo Creek Conservation Society
- Participated in BC Interagency Management Committee Meeting
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Operations
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local Knowledge for Kootenay National Park & surrounding area
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Training |
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Eco-Gifting Workshop
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Mtn Parks Communication Workshop
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Lotus Notes
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Burbot Biology & Ecology
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Sustaining Healthy Grasslands Symposium
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Banff Planning Forum -staff presentation
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Don Gayton, Author,
"Ground Work:
Basic Concepts of Ecological Restoration in BC" |
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Up
Coming |
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December 24 |
Coordinate & Participate - Christmas Bird Count |
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2003 |
Invitation to join the
Grasslands Protected Areas Task Force preparing for the World Parks
Congress |
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January 8 |
Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture Board Meeting - Victoria |
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January 9 |
Species at Risk Conference Call |
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January 9 |
Guest lecturing at BCIT - Vancouver |
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January 9 |
Building Capacity for Environ Education Conf call |
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January 23 |
East Kootenay Conservation Program meeting |
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January 25 - 31 |
Adjudicating Species at Risk Recovery Projects - Ottawa |
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February 17-19 |
HP workshop - Quebec City |
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February 21 |
Building Capacity for Environ Education workshop |
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April 4 |
Great Canadian Rivers premier - Columbia
River, BC |
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May 6 |
Water
& Wetlands join water expert Dr. David Schindler,
wetlands researcher Dr. Suzanne Bayley and naturalist
Larry
Halverson for a field trip into the Upper Columbia wetlands. |
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June 20-22 |
Organizing BC Field Ornithologists Annual
Conference - Radium |
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Spring |
Townsendia hookeri - inventory for species
account
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Summer |
Southern Maidenhair Recovery Plan |
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"take
time off after travel to
be with family"
From our new CEO, Alan Latourelle,
list of things to make sure there is a balance
between personal life and work.
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The Halverson Crew - Bugaboos |
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